Volume 1 Chapter 9: Qualities!
Fang Zhaoge thoughtfully looked at the notice. Should he begin stimulating again? Maybe he should save it for later?
After getting those two godly Qualities, he already simulated four times.
However, he quickly shook his head. What's the point of saving it? He could control the direction of the simulation. It's the result that he couldn't control…
It's also perfect for intel gathering. He already visited Forbidden Places several times. There was a time when he discovered a Demon who feasts on the world's essence in one of the Forbidden Places! How big of a matter was that?
Turns out, the Demon started to feast on the world because he freed the woman in the ice sphere. The Demon spouted nonsense about how the Ice Eternal Heaven froze the Demon something and made his race on the brink of extinction…
Fang Zhaoge could only scratch his head. What Ice Eternal Heaven? What Demon something? It's all over the place. In the end, he just regards them as something he should not investigate.
The Demon was coincidentally in the Divine Soul realm. Unfortunately, his Unprecedented quality cannot be activated within the simulation, therefore he got his ass clapped.
At least the Demon did not have a special preference…
He also got a quality. It's just… Fang Zhaoge sighed.
[Cultivation Renegade (Green) has been obtained!]
He hasn't checked the information yet. Although the quality sounds cool, Fang Zhaoge had this bad feeling.
[Cultivation Renegade (Green): A renegade cultivator is someone who gets what he wants. If it's a hundred empresses, then so be it! If it's a hundred emperors, then so be it! If it's a hundred yang-based women, then so be it! If it's hundreds of newborn babies, then so be it!!! You shall taste it all! You shall become stronger as you become more renegade! Maximum amplification: 100x. After fulfilling the mentioned deeds, multiply maximum amplification by 100x! Quality limit: As renegade as you are!]
…Let's pretend this didn't exist.
[Notice: This quality has unlimited potential–]
"I don't f*cking care! Why the f*ck would you impose me to f*ck hundreds of babies, emperors and yang-based women?! You truly have no boundaries! Your mother has failed!!! Your sister is so disappointed in you that she called you her ex!!!"
Fang Zhaoge was so mad he attempted to punch the panel. Unfortunately, it's intelligible.
"Die!!!"
Soon, Fang Zhaoge sat down with shaky breaths and closed his eyes.
After all, the notice from quality never said that it would be positive. There will be some rotten eggs amid the good ones. It's inevitable.
"Alright, sorry, sorry. Don't decrease my luck in pulling quality…"
Fang Zhaoge expected it to remain unresponsive. However, a notice actually appeared!
[Notice: If the host is not satisfied with the quality, you could dismantle it to get a new one. In exchange, the quality's color will decrease by one degree.]
He did not even consider for a millionth of a second.
"Do it!"
[Notice: Reroll…]
[No Life Cultivation (White) has been obtained!]
[No Life Cultivation (White): A cultivator has to be patient and remain stable. Disputes are hassles, and cultivating is true eternality! For every seclusion, increase willpower by 0,1x. Quality limit: Blue]
[Warning: The system could detect whether host truly went into seclusion or not.]
Although it was a bit weird, it's still acceptable. The amplification is also acceptable, as willpower is a completely different matter. Fang Zhaoge sighed in relief. He thought he would be forced to witness that quality every time he opened his stats.
He was actually tempted. By just doing renegade things, he could become stronger. He enjoyed the process and also the benefits. Who wouldn't want that?
100x maximum amplification! And it would be multiplied by another 100x if he completed the tasks! And the quality was only green!
That's why Fang Zhaoge is afraid. He feared that when he could not hold back his greed for more power, he would cross the line that humans were supposed to never cross. The line that the most of evil of men wouldn't even dare to cross.
He's not a good man. But would Li Tianwen, his master, be proud of him if he did such things? Would she be proud of him?
…would he himself be proud of who he became?
Fang Zhaoge reflected, and it didn't even take a billionth of a second to decide.
Soon, he reverted his focus to the next simulation. He wanted to know what would happen if he destroyed the subsidiary forces of the Immortal World before he ascended.
They're the ones who told them his coordinates in the second simulation.
"Proceed!"
[16 years old…]
…
[27 years old. You secretly ascended, and the subsidiary forces of the Immortal World cannot find you. You coincidentally arrived at a gathering where an unimaginably powerful expert would lecture and give advice.]
[The expert's name is Sage Zhu. After a few months, you have already broken through to the Void Refinement and reached its peak, becoming invincible even when against a Peak Heaven Immortal Expert.]
[Sage Zhu came out mysteriously and started to lecture for 77 days and nights. After he was done, he disappeared the same way he appeared. Many gained enlightenment, including you.]
[You felt like you had touched upon something mysterious, and you seamlessly broke through to the Divine Hall realm. Your divinity is immeasurable. Only experts above Heaven Immortal Realm could match you.]
[Suddenly, Sage Zhu came back and looked down at the cultivators in the gathering contemptuously, and with a flick, a gargantuan, galaxy-sized soul descended. It shattered into countless souls and took over all of the cultivators, stealing their enlightenment.]
[You tried to resist, and you momentarily took control. However, Sage Zhu noticed your strangeness and focused on you. In the end, you were possessed and everything you had was taken by Sage Zhu.]
[You died!]
In the end, he chooses to ascend secretly. Destroying those subsidiary forces was too difficult. The upper echelon from the Immortal World could just appoint another cultivator. Unfortunately...
"I succeeded! But a living fossil just had to be so shameless."
Fang Zhaoge's mouth twitched. He truly disdained such a person.
Without any pause, he immediately chose first. He would rather not experience what it felt to be possessed. He couldn't imagine feeling an old man entering his body.
Fang Zhaoge shivered. Forget it, forget it…
[Absolute Pioneer (Blue) has been obtained!]
Pioneer? Does that have anything to do with being the first at something or what? Fang Zhaoge scratched his cheek as the panel extended.
[Absolute Pioneer (Blue): The techniques that you created yourself will be strengthened by 25x. Increase comprehension in learning techniques by 5x. Quality limit: Orange.]
"That's very good!"
He nodded in satisfaction. If not for the insane Born For Divine quality, he'd definitely be more excited.
Fang Zhaoge used the rest of the simulations to do some 'experimental' runs. Like when he chose to barge into the Frozen Hall Peak and was petrified by the female cultivators' special preferences there…
As for the other peaks, why would he sneak into a place full of men? The recollections of those damned bandits who have no morals and conscience are still fresh in his memories!
Or when he went to the capital of the Great Ming Empire again and barged into the throne room, where he saw Princess Shinmeng for the first time. Such beauty is comparable to Li Mengzhi.
She's elegant like a Queen. Fang Zhaoge could confidently say that she's definitely the noblest girl he'd ever seen.
He also explored the rest of the world. Once, he found a hidden island in the middle of the ocean. They ate demonic beasts as lunch and dinner while they had the 'desert' afterwards, which was a whole damn roasted cow.
In the end, it took him 26 years within the simulation. It meant he was 42 in there!
Surprisingly, he died when he explored the depths of the seas. And then that's when he truly realized that the land is nothing but a tiny drop of water compared to the whole sea.
Obviously, he chose the third choice with this one. And now, this world is like the back of his palm. It's hard for him to even forget a region within this world!
That was the last of his simulation.
Fang Zhaoge evaluated as he stared at his attribute points and the earned qualities
[Attribute Points: 120]
[Qualities: Underdog Legend (Blue) (50x talent and strength), Elemental Talker (White) (3x Elements comprehension), Sword Saint (Green) (5x sword aptitude), Unprecedented (Blue) (Invincible within the same realm), Born For Divine (Red) (100x divinity), No Life Cultivation (White) (0.1x willpower per month of seclusion), Absolute Pioneer (Blue) (25x created techniques' strength, 5x comprehension of techniques)]
From 2 qualities to over 6 qualities. And after this, he'll have 3 more, and one of them would be above Red!
Fang Zhaoge suppressed his excitement as he chose the first one! And thus, a set of qualities appeared…
He held his breath as the notices appeared.
[I Also Want! (Orange) has been obtained!]
[Bloodthirsty (White) has been obtained!]
[Immortal Slayer (Black Golden) has been obtained!]
Fang Zhaoge fell. He truly fell. He lay down on the dry spot at the bottom of the lake as he wondered about life.
The moon overlapping with the shining qi lake is very beautiful today…
With a stupid smile, the information about each quality was revealed on his face.
[I Also Want! (Orange): What you have, I also want it! Treasures, talent, comprehension, enlightenment… every week, you have a chance to select a target of your choice and receive 100x of what they received within a day. Quality limit: Golden.]
[Bloodthirsty (White): More blood, more power! More enemies, more power! More pain, more power! Increased your strength when you were drenched in your enemies' blood! Maximum amplification: 10x. Quality limit: As bloodthirsty as you are!]
[Immortal Slayer (Black Golden): No beings are immortal in your hand. As long as they were defeated, nothing could escape death from your hands! Your aura is the nemesis of Immortality! The one that extinguished the whole soul even if a bit of a separated part was touched by your exalted aura!]
"Damn! Can I claim myself as invincible now?!"
Fang Zhaoge jumped and sat down like a kid who gets candies. He grinned shamelessly.
Not to mention the I Also Want! quality that was like a cheat, and the Bloodthirsty with its unlimited potential, the Immortal Slayer allowed him to absolutely kill an enemy!
It doesn't even matter if his enemy was a clone of some immeasurable expert. As long as he could defeat the clone and touch upon the soul of the clone, the main body would be immediately extinguished! Assuming that immortals could create incarnations and clones, which they usually could.
That's how fatal this quality is!
The Nemesis of Immortality!
Fang Zhaoge was so enthusiastic he lifted up his fist and infused the Demon Relentless Fists into it, creating a disturbance so powerful the whole qi lake actually flew up!
"Oi, kid! You've been there for a week by now."
Li Tianwen, who has talked with his daughter for 7 days and nights leisurely reminded him as he took a sip of his tea. Li Mengzhi beside him was also in peace, staring at the floating qi lake curiously.
It's coincidentally midnight, and the floating qi lake became even more beautiful, like a mysterious nebula floating amongst the celestials, shining brightly in the darkness of the night.
Soon, the figure of Fang Zhaoge appeared before them. His mysterious handsome face, along with the exalted aura from the Immortal Slayer quality, made him look like an Emperor amongst Immortals!
Li Tianwen was amazed as he inspected him. 20th! It's not the never seen before 15th Qi Refinement realm that he achieved. It's the impossible 20th Qi Refinement realm!
As for Li Mengzhi, she was in awe. The aura of Fang Zhaoge was so mysterious that it made her extremely curious. His now divine eyes shone with impenetrable light, creating an indescribable image.
"Greetings, Master!"
Fang Zhaoge, even with his vast experience after injecting himself with years worth of memories, he still cupped his fist respectfully to his master. Perhaps, if Li Tianwen did not take him in, he would be still struggling within the inner circle…
Now, this world, excluding the sea, is equivalent to his backyard! All because of his master!
Li Tianwen was so satisfied he cupped Fang Zhaoge's both shoulders and smiled brilliantly, "Good kid. You're so good I was tempted to dissect you and see what's inside!"
Li Mengzhi was so embarrassed by her father that she pushed him aside. Li Tianwen showed a fake hurt look, but she's not buying it.
She just stared at Fang Zhaoge curiously as her watery eyes glinted.
"Junior Brother Ge, you… how could you have such an aura?"
"What aura?"
Fang Zhaoge was confused, and Li Tianwen was also confused. Fang Zhaoge wanted to know what aura she was talking about, and Li Tianwen also wanted to know!
"The aura of the Overlord!"
Li Mengzhi looked up to the moon as her thoughts drifted around.